No Need to Wait for Organ Transplant? Organ and Tissue Manufacturing Initiative Moving Forward
In Florida, Akron Biotechnology, LLC joined the New Hampshire based Manufacturing USA initiative, called the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute, to help develop and manufacture...
Birla Cellulose launches NYC design studio for biobased fabrics
In India, Birla Cellulose, the pulp and fiber business of the Aditya Birla Group, launched its premier international design studio in New York. Birla...
Longer shelf life for coconut water thanks to new mesh microbe-removing method
In India, scientists found a way to keep coconut water tasting delicious for up to 18 weeks and increase its shelf life without any...
Bringing to market new and innovative cup solutions
In California, the NextGen Circular Business Accelerator is taking selected winning ideas from the Cup Challenge to the next level. For six teams, the...
Flax – Good for You but Good for Building Products Too
In Canada, flax is getting some new uses through projects funded by the BioProducts AgSci Cluster. The cluster supports a variety of new bioproducts...
Canadian Cannabis to Cross Borders to Chile
In British Columbia, Tilray received regulatory approval from Canada and Chile to send its medical cannabis to Chile. Tilray was the first company to...
Bio-based fermentation skincare expanding in Asia
In South Korea, Swanicoco is now one of the South Korea’s leading cosmetics companies and is expanding into Malaysia with its biobased skincare products....
Wayne Paterson Appointed as Admedus CEO
In Australia, Admedus's Board of Directors appointed Wayne Paterson, who has been serving as acting CEO since May 2016, to be their permanent CEO...
Free vending machines to help homeless in England
In England, nonprofit charity Action Hunger is hoping to alleviate poverty and hunger for the homeless with its new vending machines that offer fresh...
Biomaterial Bone Graft Used for First Time in U.S. for Knee Surgery
In California, for the first time in the U.S., a surgeon used a pliable biomaterial in a bone graft for a knee fusion procedure....